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WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award an application from California, allowing the state to request access to more than $70 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan. This funding comes from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, one of three Digital Equity Act grant programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award an application from New Mexico, allowing the state to request access to more than $8 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan. This funding comes from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, one of three Digital Equity Act grant programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
$22 million for Georgia and $15 million for Indiana
Two States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $2.5 Billion
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Alabama and Florida’s Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s "Internet for All" initiative.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded more than $6.3 million to Idaho to implement its Digital Equity Plan. This funding comes from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, one of three Digital Equity Act grant programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By: Will Arbuckle, Senior Policy Advisor, NTIA
President Biden and Vice President Harris made a historic commitment to connect everyone in America to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service while creating good-paying jobs and boosting American manufacturing. These investments are, in part, thanks to efforts made by the Biden-Harris Administration to enforce Buy American and impose Made in America requirements, going further than any previous Administration to reinforce these actions.
By: Maya C. James
Estephanie (Stephanie) Solano sees herself as a vessel for change.
A recent graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), Solano currently works as a career advisor at Goodwill in southern Los Angeles, where she helps connect community members with job opportunities and resources.
Her pathway to her current role emerged not only from her desire to counsel vulnerable populations, but from a paid internship through an NTIA-funded workforce development program.
By: Shiva Goel, Senior Advisor for Spectrum Policy, NTIA & Mike DiFrancisco, Senior Technical Advisor, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management & Co-chair of NITRD Wireless Spectrum R&D interagency working group
By: Cody Dorsey, Digital Equity Federal Program Officer
Two States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.7 Billion
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Alaska and Ohio’s Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s "Internet for All" initiative.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it received more than 700 applications requesting more than $6.5 billion in funding to support digital equity projects across the country.
That is more than six times the available amount from the first round of the Digital Equity Act’s Competitive Grant Program funding.
By: Maci Morin, Engagement and Communications Manager, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth
California Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.8 Billion
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved California’s Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Internet for All” initiative.
North Carolina Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.5 Billion
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved North Carolina’s Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Internet for All” initiative.
By: Shirley “Mel” Reyes Moret, Federal Program Officer, Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program